The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has requested a Senior Magistrate Court in Abuja to grant an order for the remand of the National Coordinator, Federal Civil Service Staff with Disabilities Multipurpose Cooperative Society, Alhaji Iliasu Olarewaju Abdul-Rauf in prison over his alleged involvement in N1.7 billion fraud.
Abdul-Rauf who is currently under arrest by the commission is alleged to have been involved in multiple corrupt acts including bribery, breach of trust, criminal misappropriation and other frauds running into hundreds of millions of naira, a statement from ICPC spokesperson Rasheedat Okoduwa said yesterday.
She said after his arrest, a search of his house by operatives of the commission revealed 14 females between the ages of 11 and 33 years, locked up in one of the rooms and were evacuated, after which they were handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for further investigation.
Okoduwa said the suspect is alleged to have used his position as the National Coordinator of persons with disabilities cooperative society to hoodwink contractors into donating cash and items such as wheelchairs, crutches, etc as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for non-existent contracts.
She added that some of the contractors are said to have paid as much as N50 million as the “CSR”, while others delivered large numbers of items to him.
ICPC further noted that Abdul-Rauf had a history of running from the law, having absconded after an earlier charge had been filed against him by the commission.
The motion, therefore, added that the remand would prevent his escape a second time pending the completion of the investigation.
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